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September 15, 2008

Dancing with Dvorak

After years of composing, Antonin Dvorak finally had a hit with his "Slavonic Dances." We'll go to Switzerland's Lucerne Festival to hear a delightful performance of the entire Opus 72 collection. Daniel Harding leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906
    Pianist Sviatoslav Richter
  • William Bolcom
    "Virtuosity Rag"
    Brandon Eubank and Paul Murphy, trumpets; Emily Nagel, horn; Shachar Israel, tenor trombone; Aubrey Foard, tuba
    Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Four Slavonic Dances
    Mahler Chamber Orchestra with conductor Daniel Harding
    Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
    Violinist Barnabas Kelemen
    Fatra House of Arts, Zilina, Slovakia

hour 2

  • Francois Couperin
    Two pieces from "Pieces de Clavecin"
    Pianist Angela Hewitt
  • Robert Schumann
    Papillons, Op. 2
    Pianist Emanuel Ax
    International Festival of Chamber Music, Schenectady, New York
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, A. 501
    Guitarist Laura Klemke with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
    JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Buffalo, New York
  • Claude Debussy
    "The Girl With the Flaxen Hair "
    Clarinetist Ethan Sloane and pianist James Kidd
    Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
  • Francois Couperin
    "La Pucelle"
    Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, with the Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players
    St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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